Planting and Progress The 2016 rice season began extremely early as producers started planting as early as March 7th. From there, a surprising number finished planting by April 1 and many more in the early part of April – in Figure 1, Week 15 is equivalent to April 15th. For historical perspective, planting progress trailed […]

Arkansas Rice Update Dr. Jarrod Hardke & Scott Stiles Oct. 20, 2016 No. 2016-28 www.uaex.edu/rice Crop Progress Unfortunately only negative yield reports continued to flow in over the past month. The take home message is hybrids were 0-20 bu/acre below expectation and similar to 2015, while varieties were […]

By Jeremy Ross, Extension Soybean Agronomist So far, this has been a year of highs and lows. As of today, I have certified six soybean fields for the Grow for the Green Yield Contest over 100 bu/ac. A new state record soybean yield was set twice within the last two weeks. The first was Martin […]

Harvest aids are tools to help us harvest rice faster and more efficiently. Any tool can be misused. My favorite example is a hammer: it’s great when it hits the nail, not so great when it hits your thumb. Same with harvest aids. Sodium chlorate does an excellent job of desiccating rice foliage for ease […]

Arkansas Rice Update Dr. Jarrod Hardke & Scott Stiles Sept. 16, 2016 No. 2016-27 www.uaex.edu/rice Crop Progress The problems continue with reductions in yield around the state. However, there are bright spots: yields east of the ridge seem to be holding up pretty well and yield declines don’t […]

By Chad Norton and Chris Elkins, Soybean Research Verification Program Coordinators Irrigation terminated on all fields except Lee County which may need one more to finish it off. Three more fields were harvested this past week. Drew 1, non-irrigated, had respectable yield. Both irrigated fields had very good yields. This will be the last update […]

By Archie Flanders, Agricultural Economist Reported September field crop yield forecasts by the National Agricultural Statistics Service reflect August flooding in many Arkansas regions. September yields are only reported as state averages. Thus, September state level forecasts mask the severity of flood impacts in some counties. The NASS report indicates that yields for corn, grain […]

By Bill Robertson, Extension Cotton Agronomist We are quickly approaching the finish line with this cotton crop. It is amazing that many of our fields with a good number of open bolls still have a very active and dark green appearance. This is most likely a result of good soil moisture and sufficient fertility to […]